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Elaborately carved limestone ossuary bearing circular rosettes and the Aramaic inscription ' Joseph son of Caiaphas', the High Priest who presided over Jesus ' trial.

Tiny rolled silver amulet excavated by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 in a late First Temple burial cave overlooking the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem . Etched in Paleo-Hebrew script, it preserves the oldest known surviving text from the Hebrew Bible: the Aaronic Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 .

Polished bronze basin and stand placed between the Bronze Altar and the Tent of Meeting, holding water for Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and feet before ministering.

High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Gold-overlaid acacia table placed on the north side of the Holy Place , holding the twelve loaves of the Bread of the Presence (Showbread) in two rows of six before the Lord every Sabbath.

Seven-branched lampstand hammered from a single talent of pure gold with almond-blossom cups, capitals, and flowers, placed on the south side of the Holy Place to give continual light.

The portable sanctuary constructed by the Israelites at Mount Sinai according to instructions given to Moses , housing the Outer Courtyard, the Holy Place , the Veil, and the Holy of Holies .

Four-horned acacia altar overlaid with pure gold, positioned in the Holy Place directly before the Veil of the Ark of the Covenant for the burning of fragrant incense morning and evening.

Sacred gold-covered acacia chest described in the Book of Exodus ( Exodus 25:10–22 ), topped by the Mercy Seat with two cherubim facing one another.

Large hollow acacia-wood altar overlaid with bronze (brass) standing in the Tabernacle courtyard near the eastern gate, equipped with four horns and a bronze grating for sacrificial offerings.

Limestone warning inscription in monumental Greek letters that hung on the Soreg dividing balustrade warning foreigners not to enter the inner sanctuary on pain of death.